As of December 20, 2013, at least four women have reported sexual abuse by Father Othmar Hohmann, OSB. In each report, the abuse occurred in the victim’s home.
Father Othmar Hohmann Timeline
1900 Born Leo J. Hohmann in Richmond, Minnesota (January 28,1900)
1918 Graduated from Saint John’s Prep School
1918-1922 Attended Saint John University
1923 Unknown
1924-1928 Attended Saint John University
1926 Professed as Monk (September 22, 1926)
1928 Graduated Saint John University (June 6, 1928)
1928-1929 Prefect of St. Gregory’s Hall
1929 Solemn Vows (September 18, 1929)
1929-1931 Directed Prep School Dramatics
1930 Ordained Deacon (June 1, 1930)
Pre-1931 Assisted College Dramatics Department
1931 Ordained Priest (June 7, 1931)
1931 First Mass (St. Joseph’s Church in Waite Park, MN)
1932-1936 St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (Bahamas)
1938 Attended Alumni Standup in Mandan, ND (January 27, 1938)
1939 Directed Plays in Mandan and Bismarck, ND (March, 1939)
Pre-1942 Directed Parish Plays in North Dakota and Minnesota
1942-1947 St. Boniface Church (Hastings, MN)
1947 Abbey’s Mission Band
1948 St. James Catholic Church (Vernal, Utah)
Pre-1949 Mission Churches in Denver Diocese
1949-1954 Immaculate Conception (New Munich, MN)
1954-1957 St. Boniface Church (Cold Spring, MN)
Pre-1961 Fargo Diocese
1959 Holy Rosary Parish (Detroit Lakes, MN)
Pre-1961 Superior Diocese
Pre-1961 Crookston Diocese
1961-1966 Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, MN)
1966-1975 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (Grand Rapids, MN)
1976 Saint John’s Abbey (Collegeville, MN)
1980 Died (January 24, 1980)
